receptacle
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Composed as Day’s star rose in real time, the song was a receptacle for all of her conflicting feelings about her newfound attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
During an in-flight refueling mission, a rigid pipe is lowered from the tanker part of the aircraft and inserted into a small receptacle on the receiving aircraft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
At the end of the day, a platform is a receptacle for posts; it is up to us what we do with it.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2025
Creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri described her collection as "demonstrating how clothing is a receptacle that affirms cultural, aesthetic and social codes".
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
I was supposed to drop each ticket that I took from a customer into a metal receptacle.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
These items are receptacles of love and apple sauce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
"It's not a committee meeting. It is a plenary session of Parliamentary Assembly. And all other receptacles are not to be in this part of the building."
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2025
In other words, millions of cameras in public and private spaces throughout the country are currently pivoting from documentary receptacles into digital security guards.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2023
They block pedestrian traffic, trash receptacles, benches and cars picking up passengers who struggle to get luggage through the gantlet without knocking them all down.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
The flowers were unnecessary, for at two o'clock a greenhouse arrived from Gatsby's, with innumerable receptacles to contain it.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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